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1 Lazarus, who lived in Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived, was sick. Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 (Mary was the woman who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair. Her brother Lazarus was the one who was sick.) It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.)
3 So the sisters sent a messenger to tell Jesus, |Lord, your close friend is sick.| So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.” So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.”
4 When Jesus heard the message, he said, |His sickness won't result in death. Instead, this sickness will bring glory to God so that the Son of God will receive glory through it.| But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.”
5 Jesus loved Martha, her sister, and Lazarus. Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
6 Yet, when Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was for two more days. So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days,
7 Then, after the two days, Jesus said to his disciples, |Let's go back to Judea.| Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.” and then he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”
8 The disciples said to him, |Rabbi, not long ago the Jews wanted to stone you to death. Do you really want to go back there?| The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?” “But Rabbi,” they said, “a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you, and yet you are going back?”
9 Jesus answered, |Aren't there twelve hours of daylight? Those who walk during the day don't stumble, because they see the light of this world. Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in the daytime will not stumble, for they see by this world’s light.
10 However, those who walk at night stumble because they have no light in themselves.| But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.” It is when a person walks at night that they stumble, for they have no light.”
11 After Jesus said this, he told his disciples, |Our friend Lazarus is sleeping, and I'm going to Bethany to wake him.| After saying these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.” After he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.”
12 His disciples said to him, |Lord, if he's sleeping, he'll get well.| The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” His disciples replied, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.”
13 Jesus meant that Lazarus was dead, but the disciples thought Jesus meant that Lazarus was only sleeping. Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep.
14 Then Jesus told them plainly, |Lazarus has died, Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus has died, So then he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,
15 but I'm glad that I wasn't there so that you can grow in faith. Let's go to Lazarus.| and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.” and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
16 Thomas, who was called Didymus, said to the rest of the disciples, |Let's go so that we, too, can die with Jesus.| So Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.” Then Thomas (also known as Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”
17 When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days. Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.
18 (Bethany was near Jerusalem, not quite two miles away.) Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem,
19 Many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother. and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother.
20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him. Mary stayed at home. So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.
21 Martha told Jesus, |Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. “Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
22 But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask him.| But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.” But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”
23 Jesus told Martha, |Your brother will come back to life.| Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24 Martha answered Jesus, |I know that he'll come back to life on the last day, when everyone will come back to life.| Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
25 Jesus said to her, |I am the one who brings people back to life, and I am life itself. Those who believe in me will live even if they die. Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;
26 Everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe that?| and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
27 Martha said to him, |Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who was expected to come into the world.| She said to him, “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.” “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”
28 After Martha had said this, she went back home and whispered to her sister Mary, |The teacher is here, and he is calling for you.| When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. “The Teacher is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.”
29 When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to Jesus. And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him. When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.
30 (Jesus had not yet come into the village but was still where Martha had met him.) Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him. Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him.
31 The Jews who were comforting Mary in the house saw her get up quickly and leave. So they followed her. They thought that she was going to the tomb to cry. When the Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
32 When Mary arrived where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said, |Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.| Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33 When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who were crying with her, he was deeply moved and troubled. When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled. When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
34 So Jesus asked, |Where did you put Lazarus?| They answered him, |Lord, come and see.| And he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” “Where have you laid him?” he asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they replied.
35 Jesus cried. Jesus wept. Jesus wept.
36 The Jews said, |See how much Jesus loved him.| So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”
37 But some of the Jews asked, |Couldn't this man who gave a blind man sight keep Lazarus from dying?| But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man also have kept this man from dying?” But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”
38 Deeply moved again, Jesus went to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone covering the entrance. Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
39 Jesus said, |Take the stone away.| Martha, the dead man's sister, told Jesus, |Lord, there must already be a stench. He's been dead for four days.| Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days.” “Take away the stone,” he said. “But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”
40 Jesus said to her, |Didn't I tell you that if you believe, you would see God's glory?| Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?” Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”
41 So the stone was moved away from the entrance of the tomb. Jesus looked up and said, |Father, I thank you for hearing me. So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me.
42 I've known that you always hear me. However, I've said this so that the crowd standing around me will believe that you sent me.| I knew that you always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that you sent me.” I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”
43 After Jesus had said this, he shouted as loudly as he could, |Lazarus, come out!| When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.” When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
44 The dead man came out. Strips of cloth were wound around his feet and hands, and his face was wrapped with a handkerchief. Jesus told them, |Free Lazarus, and let him go.| The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.” The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”
45 Many Jews who had visited Mary and had seen what Jesus had done believed in him. Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him, Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him.
46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the council. They asked, |What are we doing? This man is performing a lot of miracles. So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council and said, “What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. “What are we accomplishing?” they asked. “Here is this man performing many signs.
48 If we let him continue what he's doing, everyone will believe in him. Then the Romans will take away our position and our nation.| If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.” If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our temple and our nation.”
49 One of them, Caiaphas, who was chief priest that year, told them, |You people don't know anything. But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all. Then one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, spoke up, “You know nothing at all!
50 You haven't even considered this: It is better for one man to die for the people than for the whole nation to be destroyed.| Nor do you understand that it is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish.” You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
51 Caiaphas didn't say this on his own. As chief priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation. He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, He did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation,
52 He prophesied that Jesus wouldn't die merely for this nation, but that Jesus would die to bring God's scattered children together and make them one. and not for the nation only, but also to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one.
53 From that day on, the Jewish council planned to kill Jesus. So from that day on they made plans to put him to death. So from that day on they plotted to take his life.
54 So Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews. Instead, he left Bethany and went to the countryside near the desert, to a city called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples. Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples. Therefore Jesus no longer moved about publicly among the people of Judea. Instead he withdrew to a region near the wilderness, to a village called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.
55 The Jewish Passover was near. Many people came from the countryside to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover. Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves. When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, many went up from the country to Jerusalem for their ceremonial cleansing before the Passover.
56 As they stood in the temple courtyard, they looked for Jesus and asked each other, |Do you think that he'll avoid coming to the festival?| They were looking for Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think? That he will not come to the feast at all?” They kept looking for Jesus, and as they stood in the temple courts they asked one another, “What do you think? Isn’t he coming to the festival at all?”
57 (The chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that whoever knew where Jesus was should tell them so that they could arrest him.) Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should let them know, so that they might arrest him. But the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who found out where Jesus was should report it so that they might arrest him.
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